Combat Rank

[BadBogey]

Hi

Any idea if ship kills in Horizons add to your combat rank in Odyssey?

 

[GroG79]

Not if that is Horizon Legacy

 

[Fixitman]

Horizons 4.0: Yes.
Horizons 3.8: No

It appears that Odyssey NPC kills also go towards combat rank. My third commander has ranked up twice, and he's never fired on another ship.

 

[idahosurge]

It appears that Odyssey NPC kills also go towards combat rank. My third commander has ranked up twice, and he's never fired on another ship.

Killing on foot scavengers and kills in on foot combat zones definitely count towards your combat rank in Odyssey. I went from Combat Elite to Elite V in Odyssey and most of that was from on foot kills.

Interestingly though, on foot kills raise your combat rank more than your mercenary rank. Exclusively killing scavengers (no ship kills) for a day my combat rank would increasing a higher percentage than my mercenary rank and this was happening with combat at Elite IV and Mercenary at Elite.

 

[Fixitman]

Killing on foot scavengers and kills in on foot combat zones definitely count towards your combat rank in Odyssey. I went from Combat Elite to Elite V in Odyssey and most of that was from on foot kills.

Interestingly though, on foot kills raise your combat rank more than your mercenary rank. Exclusively killing scavengers (no ship kills) for a day my combat rank would increasing a higher percentage than my mercenary rank and this was happening with combat at Elite IV and Mercenary at Elite.

I've seen the same thing, and I'm not complaining. I have no interest in ship-based combat. I do just enough to get the engineer unlocks, then I'm done with it.

This is a bug I hope they don't fix any time soon

 

[Jack Brolin]

Suspect they intended on foot kills to count for mercenary rank, then additionally for combat rank in CZs, but got it ass backwards in implementation. It was kind of annoying when I'd been intentionally avoiding ship combat and was suddenly getting interdicted by elite pirates in the T9 after an Odyssey rampage. And boy does it make mercenary rank a grind. The triple Elite badge is nice though.

 

[ubermick]

Killing on foot scavengers and kills in on foot combat zones definitely count towards your combat rank in Odyssey. I went from Combat Elite to Elite V in Odyssey and most of that was from on foot kills.

Interestingly though, on foot kills raise your combat rank more than your mercenary rank. Exclusively killing scavengers (no ship kills) for a day my combat rank would increasing a higher percentage than my mercenary rank and this was happening with combat at Elite IV and Mercenary at Elite.

Kills in on-foot combat zones contribute towards your mercenary rank. On-foot kills when not in a combat zone (so kills racked up doing missions or just base raiding for materials) often contribute towards your combat rank, but not always. (My main commander isn't getting rank from doing it, but my alt is. )

 

[Slawen]

Commanders,
In a few days, I killed 12 Orthrus and 15-20 Scouts (in NHSS-4), but the progress of the combat rank did not increase (I looked at INAR). Why?
Is killing a targoid now not added to the combat rank?

 

[STRONTIUM DOG]

Commanders,
In a few days, I killed 12 Orthrus and 15-20 Scouts (in NHSS-4), but the progress of the combat rank did not increase (I looked at INAR). Why?
Is killing a targoid now not added to the combat rank?

it only registers per 100 xp i think as rank increases are by the thousand xp increasing the higher the rank you are or thereabouts geting 1.25 xp per kill being the highest single award and less than that for most npc as low as 0.25xp pk to 0 for an above expert rank killing a harmless
if you are very low rank to begin with (harmless) you get 3 experience points as per kill as a bonus still things may have changed if so not by much?
so a grand total of 32kia is hardly going to register

 

[Slawen]

it only registers per 100 xp i think as rank increases are by the thousand xp increasing the higher the rank you are or thereabouts geting 1.25 xp per kill being the highest single award and less than that for most npc as low as 0.25xp pk to 0 for an above expert rank killing a harmless
if you are very low rank to begin with (harmless) you get 3 experience points as per kill as a bonus still things may have changed if so not by much?
so a grand total of 32kia is hardly going to register

Thank you. I forgot that scouts are no longer equated with the elite. It looks like they don't give xp at all for killing Orthrus

 

[ubermick]

Thank you. I forgot that scouts are no longer equated with the elite. It looks like they don't give xp at all for killing Orthrus

After a weekend killing Thargoids in Shin Dez, which included countless scouts, two dozen or more Cyclops, five Basilisks, two Medusas, and four (!) Hydras, my combat rank went up a total of 1%. (Granted I'm already Elite, so...)

Progression for combat is by FAR the slowest out of all the five.